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Thursday, 19 September 2013

Gym Bodz: Happy Birthday Katka!

Mladá Boleslav is a city with a population of about 45,000 in the north-east of the Czech Republic on the River Jizera. It's most famous son is probably Jan Železný, the javelin thrower, who won three Olympic and three World titles.

And there, exactly 30 years ago today, an angel was born, a Czech muscle angel.
She was named Katerina, and became known as Katka.

But although she may look like an angel, when it comes to pumping iron, Katka Kyptova is a BEAST!

I've seen nothing more hardcore and intense in a Czech gym. And I say this as someone who often sees the best bodybuilders in the country.
Pavel Vacek (ronnie.cz)

She has been bodybuilding for at least half of her life, often twice a day. I listen to my body, once a day, sometimes twice a day, she says. It really depends on my time because of my clients at fitness (I work as personal trainer) but usually I go twice a day. And although she has made the switch down from 'bodybuilding' to 'physique' this year, this hasn't greatly affected the tonnage she throws around in the gym. I like heavy weights, heavy workouts, but also a lot of cardio and some endurance activities. In this respect, it [physique] is excellent for me because I can combine both without limiting cardio to maintain muscle.

But before you nip out and buy all of the above, be advised that there are some things that money can't buy, and these are things that Katka loves above all: Lifting heavy weight! Cardio! Competing! THE GYM!

So in all probability, Katka will be celebrating her birthday with a workout. Or two.